Nigerians condemn El Rufai over son’s death

Rather than commiserate with former minister, Nasir El Rufai over the loss of one of his sons, who died in a car crash in the early hours of Tuesday, some Nigerians have taken to his facebook page to condemn and mock him.

The former minister, known for always antagonizing the federal government, broke the sad news in a statement posted on his Facebook page, saying “From Allah, we came and to Him we shall return. Please join our family in praying for the repose of the soul of my son, Hamza El-Rufai who died this morning in a motor accident in Abuja”.

Of the 30, 197 comments that the facebook post generated, about seventy percent of them were harsh and condemning.

Commenting on the post, some followers condemned El Rufai for posting such a message on facebook rather than mourning his son.

Some others mocked him and sarcastically queried him for not blaming President Goodluck Jonathan for the accident.

One Miss Ezenma wrote “Are you serious? You have the mind to come online to “post” after losing your son this very morning in an accident when you should be mourning and be inconsolable”.

Another one commented on the page saying “This man has lost it, your son died this morning and he’s on the internet again, waiting for him to accuse GEJ of being responsible as usual. RIP young Hamza, May your soul RIP”.

Still criticizing the minister, a facebook follower George said “RIP. Sentiments aside, it’s high time you slow down on how you attack national issues. I used to be his fan but he decided to rubbish his hard earned reputation for the sake of politics. When a man, rather than spend his life meaningfully, engages in silly tweeting all over the place, these are the kind of reminders he gets to tell him to wake up. I pity his kids dying one by one with no fatherly spiritual protection. I guess he has them so many their death doesn’t take him away from the internet. Do forgive my frankness”.

Several other Nigerians, however, sent in their condolence messages and prayed for the dead boy’s soul.

One Sammy Francis wrote “I can’t believe some people are rejoicing over the death of a human. Let me believe you didn’t read properly before commenting but he didn’t say he lost his dog or chicken. Even the whites cry for their dogs! The GEJ you are fighting for wrongly, will visit or call El-Rufai and do the necessary things, but you will be here fighting ignorantly. I smell wizards in the church and witches in christendom because the Bible never taught us to rejoice over the death of a man, only witchcraft or wizandry can do this. if God says Jonathan will rule in 2015 then so be it. So why start fighting a fight that is anti-christ? To you sir El-Rufai, the God of your belief will strengthen you. God knows best”.

Another follower, Saliu Kolawole said “How recklessly thoughtless some Nigerians can get! You coldly mocked a fellow human being over a worst calamity that can befall any parent. You people are no better than those beasts in Sambisa Forest. Anyway, as we Yoruba say, you see another’s misfortune now but you don’t know what fate has in stock for you tomorrow. And from experience, nothing anyone says can soften these stone hearted beasts. Nasir has done the best thing through his instant acknowledgement of God’s ownership of all souls and His sole right to claim them. May God give him the fortitude to bear this great loss. May God also make paradise the eternal abode for the departed. Amen”.

Until his death, Hamza was a student of Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai and was billed to graduate in 2015.

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